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Accelerating Agri-SME growth through transforming BDS markets

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Learning Into Action

Across our network, members are testing, refining, and sharing what creates positive outcomes for farmer organisations and agri-SMEs.

Yield Fund Uganda Case Study

Capital alone rarely transforms an agri-SME. Uganda’s Yield Fund tested what happens when patient investment is fused with structured Business Development Services, mobilising UGX 52bn in additional finance and reaching approximately 25,000 outgrower farmers. Here’s what eight years of evidence taught us.

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Uganda Cost Share Learning Brief

Free BDS doesn’t build markets. AMEA’s Cost Share Pilot in Uganda tested a different approach…

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Events

Across our network, members are testing, refining, and sharing what creates positive outcomes for farmer organisations and agri-SMEs.

Annual Learning Event 2026 – Event Report

07/17/2026

Nearly 100 participants from AMEA’s global network gathered for ALE26 to explore how agri-SMEs can access quality BDS and finance, and how to scale best practice across diverse contexts.

Reducing agricultural risk through soil intelligence and standards replay

07/08/2026

Quality soil data is transforming risk management for smallholder farmers. Watch the replay and explore how standards-aligned advisory is unlocking investment.

Future Learning and New BDS Toolkit​ | D2CS ALE25

07/10/2025

AMEA ended the event with the launch of the AMEA Toolbox Guide 2025. The AMEA Toolbox is a collection of peer reviewed tools that are highly aligned to ISO 18716. These tools enable SMEs to build a performance track record which is useful to accessing new markets and new finance. The inter-operability of these tools has developed and examples are included in the Guide.

Local networks

AMEA supports our members and partners to break-through current silos and develop collaborations that enable deep learning and scaling of the most effective approaches to accelerate agri-SME growth.

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The latest from across the AMEA network.

Yield Fund Uganda Case Study

07/23/2026

Capital alone rarely transforms an agri-SME. Uganda’s Yield Fund tested what happens when patient investment is fused with structured Business Development Services, mobilising UGX 52bn in additional finance and reaching approximately 25,000 outgrower farmers. Here’s what eight years of evidence taught us.

Annual Learning Event 2026 – Event Report

07/17/2026

Nearly 100 participants from AMEA’s global network gathered for ALE26 to explore how agri-SMEs can access quality BDS and finance, and how to scale best practice across diverse contexts.

Reducing agricultural risk through soil intelligence and standards replay

07/08/2026

Quality soil data is transforming risk management for smallholder farmers. Watch the replay and explore how standards-aligned advisory is unlocking investment.

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